Alfalfa-creaser.



PATENTED MAY 17, 1904;

M. LIMBAUGH. ALPALFA GREASER.

APPLICATION FILED 1320.16, 190s.

N0 MODEL.

O [HHHIt IHIHIIIH L; will .//WEA/Tofe NTTED STATES Patented May 17,1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

ALFALFA-CREASEFL SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No.759,896, dated May 17', 1904. Application filed December 16. 1903.Serial No. 185,441. (No model.)

Be it known that I, Moses LIMBAUGi-i, a citizen of the United States,residing at i-rand Junction, in the county of Mesa and State ofColorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAlfalfa-Oreasers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being' had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in agriculturalimplements; and it consists in the provision of an alfalfa-creaseradapted for use in furrowing land sown with alfalfa or other seed, andcomprises various features of construction and combinations of parts,which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically definedin the appended claim.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, which, with theletters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisr application,in which drawings similar letters of reference indicate like parts inthe views, in which Figure 1 is a top plan View of my invention. Fig'. 2is a sectional view on line 2 2 of Fig'. l. Fig. 3 is a detail View ofone of the sections of the framework of the apparatus.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter. Adesignates the top portion of the 'frame of the apparatus, made up ofbeams bolted together, and B is a tongue secured to said frame, and theseat O is mounted upon the rear end of the tongue. Mounted upon theunder side of the :frame are two parallel racks D, a portion of onebeing shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, cach of said racks being' made upof two longitudinal sections the ends of which are connected by stripsD. The inner face ofv each of the longitudinal beams of the racks D isrecessed to receive a stub-shaft E, which is preferably dovetailed insaid recess, and said stub-shafts are disposed at an inclination to thebeam, as illustratcd clearly in the drawings. Each stubshaft carries apin E, upon which a disk F is pivoted, and fastened to each beamadjacent to the disk is a linger G, which is positioned adjacent to theconvexed surface of the disk and provided to clean the latter as thedirt accumulates upon the surface thereof. Each rack has a pair of disksinclined in opposite directions, as shown clearly in the drawings, andspaced apart, adapted to throw the dirt in opposite directions as theapparatus passes through the ground.

Journaled in the longitudinal beams of the frame A are the wheel-shaftsK, the outer ends of which are bent to form cranks K', and wheels N arejournaled upon the crank ends of said shafts. A lever O is fixed to eachshaft K and carries a dogl O', which designed to engage a segment I),which is fastened to the frame.

By the provision of the levers O it will be observed that the shafts Kmaybe turned for the purpose of regulating the depth to which the disksare designed to cut in the ground, and each side may be raised orlowered independently to adapt the machine for uneven ground.

Each of the racks D is held to the frame by means of bolts R (shown inFigs. l and 2 of the drawings) and may be easily removed and replacedwhen desired.

By the provision of an apparatus embodying the features of my inventionit will be observed that the ground may be creased in parallel rows bypulling' the apparatus over the ground, the disks being disposed, asshown, to throw the dirt in opposite directions, and by means of thelever mechanism the apparatus may be raised and lowered.

While I have shown a particular construction of apparatus embodying thefeatures of my invention, it will bc understood that I may makealterations in the detailed construction of the machine without in anyway departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with a frame provided with a tongue, bolts passing'through the transverse end beams of said frame, racks made up of twoparallel beams with cross-pieces D IOO beams of said racks, and disposedat inclinations to said beams, pins carried by said stubshafts, andeolters pvotally mounted upon said pins, as set forth.

1n testimony whereof I hereunto aiX my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

MOSES LIMBAUGH.

/Vitnesses:

WM. E. DUDLEY, WV. H. SOUTH.

